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Thirty-Day Postdischarge Mortality Among Black and White Patients 65 Years and Older in the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

IMPORTANCE: The Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has disproportionately penalized hospitals that treat many black patients, which could worsen health outcomes in this population. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether short-term mortality rates increased among black and white adults...

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Autores principales: Huckfeldt, Peter, Escarce, José, Sood, Neeraj, Yang, Zhiyou, Popescu, Ioana, Nuckols, Teryl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Medical Association 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6484660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30874780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.0634